Ron Rabinowitz was born and raised in Pittsburgh and received his MD degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1968. Following 2 years of General Surgery at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, he spent two years in the US Air Force performing General and Pediatric Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology. He returned to Pittsburgh for his urology residency, which included a year at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, followed by a Fellowship in Pediatric Urology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.
Dr Rabinowitz has been Chief of Pediatric Urology at the University of Rochester for 40 years, where he is presently Professor of Urologic Surgery and Pediatrics and Associate Chair of the Department of Urology. He is a renowned expert in the field of pediatric urology. A diplomate of the American Board of Urology with subspecialty certification in Pediatric Urology, he has authored or co-authored more than 190 scientific articles and textbook chapters.
He has been Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology, Secretary and President of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the American Urological Association, a member of the American Board of Urology Written Examination Committee, and an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Urology. He was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Rochester Academy of Medicine and the Distinguished Service Award of the American Urological Association. For 10 years he spent a month each summer excavating in the Galilee and teaching ancient history and field methods in archaeology to students. An avid tennis and softball player, his eclectic hobbies include archaeology, Middle Eastern cartography, and horology. After spending 7 years as Historian for the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association, he became the Historian for the American Urological Association William P Didusch Center for Urologic History from 2016 through 2024.